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The 28 pages that link to Ferdinand Magellan, each with the reason it gives.

• Age of DiscoveryRelated: His expedition demonstrated a westward ocean route to the Pacific, though he died before its completion.

• Spice tradeRelated: The expedition pursued access to the clove-producing Maluku Islands through a rival route.

• PatagoniaRelated: The expedition brought European accounts of Patagonia into wider circulation.

• Spanish colonization of the PhilippinesRelated: His expedition made the islands an early focus of Spanish imperial ambitions.

• Spanish East IndiesRelated: His expedition reached the Philippines in 1521, beginning Spain’s sustained engagement with the archipelago.

• Large Magellanic CloudRelated: European accounts of the Clouds are associated with his sixteenth-century voyage.

• Strait of MagellanRelated: His expedition entered the passage during the first circumnavigation of Earth.

• Tierra del FuegoRelated: His 1520 voyage brought the archipelago into European navigational records.

• Maluku IslandsRelated: His expedition sought a western route to the spice-producing islands of Maluku.

• European exploration of the PacificRelated: His expedition made the ocean’s immense east–west span apparent to Europeans.

• Battle of MactanRelated: He led the landing at Mactan and died in the fighting.

• Treaty of ZaragozaRelated: His expedition reached the Moluccas and sharpened the question of which crown could claim them.

• Magellan expeditionRelated: His proposal and command launched the voyage, though he did not complete the circumnavigation.

• CebuRelated: His 1521 arrival at Cebu began a consequential encounter with local rulers.

• LapulapuRelated: Magellan’s landing on Mactan brought his expedition into conflict with Lapulapu.

• Andrés de UrdanetaRelated: Magellan’s westward crossing showed the Pacific could be crossed, but did not solve the return journey.

• Antonio PigafettaRelated: Pigafetta joined the expedition under Magellan’s command.

• Punta ArenasRelated: The strait that bears his name made the site strategically valuable.

• Magallanes RegionRelated: His expedition passed through the strait that became a defining geographic feature of the region.

• Samuel Eliot MorisonRelated: Morison wrote a major account of Magellan’s expedition and its maritime context.

• Vasco Núñez de BalboaRelated: Magellan’s later voyage crossed the ocean Balboa had reached from the American side.

• Gaspar Corte-RealRelated: Magellan later carried Portuguese navigational expertise into a Spanish-sponsored expedition.

• Isla Grande de Tierra del FuegoRelated: His expedition gave the island’s wider region a prominent place in European maps.

• MandaueRelated: His expedition's arrival in Cebu began the colonial period that reshaped settlements across the region.